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George Butcher

was born 104 years ago

28 May 1920

George Hench Butcher Jr was one of the first twenty African American to be awarded a Ph.D. in mathematics. Awarded his Ph.D. by University of Pennsylvania, he taught at Howard University for 39 years.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Butcher/